use strict;
use warnings;

my $MATCH_THIS = q(aa);
my @filenames = qw(file1:aa file2:bb file3:cc file4:AA);

for my $fn (@filenames) {
    print "Matched $fn\n" if $fn =~ /$MATCH_THIS/i;
}

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prints: 
Matched file1:aa
Matched file4:AA

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However, from the word 'In' in your post, I get the feeling that you want to grep the content of the files named aa, bb etc. That's not the case, is it?

Update: Added "the content of" for clarification.
Update: Changed @array to @filenames.

In reply to Re: how to get the full array value if part of the element matches by fenLisesi
in thread how to get the full array value if part of the element matches by greatshots

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